Info License Require URL
info-license-require-url
info
experience: governanceexperience: documentation
spec: info
Info License MUST Have URL
The license object should include a URL linking to the full license text so API consumers can review the terms.
Rule definition
The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.
info-license-require-url:
title: Info License Require URL
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/openapi/info-license-require-url/
description: The license object should include a URL linking to the full license
text so API consumers can review the terms.
message: Info License MUST Have URL
severity: info
given: $.info.license
then:
field: url
function: truthy
tags:
- format:openapi
- spec:info
- experience:governance
- experience:documentation
prompt: "You are editing an OpenAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'info-license-require-url' (Info License Require URL).
Requirement: The license object should include a URL linking to the full
license text so API consumers can review the terms. To fix: Ensure `url` is
present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at
the JSONPath `$.info.license` — inspect every location it matches and
correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies
the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting
unchanged, and keep the document valid OpenAPI. Return only the complete
corrected document, with no commentary."
AI fix prompt — send this to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with your artifact to auto-fix this rule
You are editing an OpenAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'info-license-require-url' (Info License Require URL). Requirement: The license object should include a URL linking to the full license text so API consumers can review the terms. To fix: Ensure `url` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.info.license` — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid OpenAPI. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
| Artifact | OpenAPI |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.info.license |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/openapi/info-license-require-url/ |